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Lieutenant CHARLES PIERPOINT BEST

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

4th County of Lancaster (South Lonsdale) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1942

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERTH (JEANFIELD AND WELLSHILL) CEMETERY

Sec. B. Jeanfield Div. Grave 842A.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard Charles and Helen Maude Best; husband of Aelfrida Best, of Morecambe, Lancashire. LL.B. Barrister at Law.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED IN ACTION "REST IN PEACE"
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Buried or commemorated at

PERTH (JEANFIELD AND WELLSHILL) CEMETERY
Perthshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 583
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